President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the Turkic Council’s Extraordinary Videoconference Summit on Cooperation and Solidarity in the Fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic. In his address to the summit, President Erdoğan praised the steps taken by the Turkic Council to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and thanked President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan for his efforts to enable the videoconference summit. Underscoring that the entire humanity is in a tough battle against an invisible enemy at the moment, President Erdoğan noted that the Turkic Council’s extraordinary videoconference summit would reinforce the solidarity among countries in the fight...
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Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) throughout the world as of April 9, 2020, 22:00. Directorate of Communications shared a post on its Twitter account, stating that the number of people infected with Covid-19, which broke out in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China, exceeded 1 million 580 thousand, more than 94 thousand people lost their lives and more than 348 thousand people recovered throughout the world. The post also provided information regarding the current situation in Turkey, and noted: "Turkey has conducted a total of 276,338 tests so far. The total number of confirmed...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone call with President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski. During the conversation, cooperation in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19), bilateral relations and regional issues were discussed.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan thanked the representatives of different religions in Turkey for their support to the National Solidarity Campaign. Erdoğan called Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew, Syriac Orthodox Church's Metropolitan for Istanbul and Ankara Yusuf Çetin, Chief Rabbi of Turkey Ishak Haleva, the Head of Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey Sahak Masalyan and the Co-Chair of the Turkish Jewish Community Erol Kohen. During the phone conversations, President Erdoğan thanked the representatives of different religions in Turkey for their support to the National Solidarity Campaign.
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun stated that Turkey continued to take new measures in the fight against coronavirus and that the Ministry of Health developed the “Pandemic Isolation Tracking Project” in this context. In posts on his Twitter account, Altun said, “We continue to introduce new measures in our fight against coronavirus. Our latest step has been the “Pandemic Isolation Tracking Project’ developed by our Ministry of Health. With this project, we are now stronger against the virus! We are self-sufficient, Turkey.” Director of Communications Altun also shared a video about the “Pandemic Isolation Tracking Project”. The video...
Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) throughout the world as of April 8, 2020, 21:15. Directorate of Communications shared a post on its Twitter account, stating that the number of people infected with Covid-19, which broke out in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China, exceeded 1 million 490 thousand, more than 87 thousand people lost their lives and more than 320 thousand people recovered throughout the world. The post also provided information regarding the current situation in Turkey, and noted: "Turkey has conducted a total of 247,768 tests so far. The total number of confirmed...
I congratulate with my sincerest feelings our Jewish citizens on the occasion of Pesach, one of the most important religious holidays of Judaism. On the occasion of Passover, I would like to reemphasize that mutual affection and respect serve as the basis of peace and serenity in the society. While our country is fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected the entire world, our august nation has once again shown that it can overcome every hardship in unity and solidarity. I thank our Jewish citizens who have supported the National Solidarity Campaign, which we have launched in a spirit...
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared a video about the National Solidarity Campaign launched by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with the call “We are Self-Sufficient, Turkey”. In a thread on his Twitter account, Altun said, “We are struggling hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder through state-nation integration; we continue to be the hope of the world, the conscience of humanity, the prayer of the oppressed. We are grateful to all those who continue to contribute to this prayer, this conscience, this hope.” The video shared by Altun said the following: “If asked what it is like to...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan talked to Chinese President Xi Jinping over the phone. During the phone conversation, Erdoğan and Xi discussed the ways of cooperation in the fight against Covid-19 as well as bilateral relations.